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Webb goes distance, Conforto comes through in clutch as Giants top Padres 2-1 after Snell's gem 09/26/2023 01:25am • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Logan Webb pitched his second complete game this season and pinch-hitter Michael Conforto delivered a two-run single in the eighth inning to lift the San Francisco Giants over the San Diego Padres 2-1 on Monday night in a matchup of teams clinging to slim playoff hopes. Blake Night at the Museum: National Gallery of Art transforming for special happy hour events this fall 09/26/2023 12:00am • #tnvbNcaMHUrl {margin-bottom: 10px;padding: 20px 10px;background: #D30000;text-align: center;font-weight: bold;color: #fff;border-radius: 5px;}.connatix_video_caption{margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top:0; font-size: 14px; color: #272828; font-weight: 600; text-align: left; display:none;} This page co 'Horrifying': Md. hospitals see steep increase in medical errors causing death, injury 09/25/2023 09:34pm • Hospitals in Maryland have seen a spike in serious injuries and deaths among patients caused by medical errors during fiscal year 2022, according to a new report from the Maryland Department of Health's Office of Health Care Quality. The state reported a total of 832 adverse events — defined as The Raiders' inability to create takeaways continues a recent pattern 09/25/2023 07:59pm • HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — This isn't exactly breaking news, but what happens in the preseason can be deceiving. Before the season began, the Las Vegas Raiders had a ball-hawking defense that created difficult joint practices for San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy and had a plus-2 turnover di Confident Cardinals suddenly look like a solid football team in Jonathan Gannon's first season 09/25/2023 07:37pm • TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Cardinals were a plucky, interesting football team in two narrow losses to open Jonathan Gannon’s first year as head coach. One week later, they're still plucky and interesting. They're also savoring a victory. The Cardinals pulled out one of the stunners of Week Biologists in slow and steady race to help North America's largest and rarest tortoise species 09/25/2023 06:29pm • ENGLE, N.M. (AP) — While the average lifespan of North America's largest and most rare tortoise species is unknown, biologists have said it could span upward of a century. So saving the endangered species is a long game — one that got another nudge forward Friday as U.S. wildlife officials final The Tennessee Titans face early gut check after ugly offensive performance 09/25/2023 04:27pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Titans are about to find out just how long the NFL season can be in coming off one of the worst offensive performances in franchise history. They finished with only 94 yards in losing 27-3 in Cleveland. That was the lowest total not just since this franchise Editorial Roundup: United States 09/25/2023 03:48pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: Sept. 23 The Washington Post on the U.S. feeding children in 2023 The children’s names rarely make the news. They are the millions of kids in Somalia, Libya, Mali, Haiti, Afghanistan, Yemen and other poor nations who don’t have eno Poland accuses Germany of meddling in its affairs by seeking answers on alleged visa scheme 09/25/2023 02:14pm • WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's foreign minister accused Germany of trying to interfere in his country's internal affairs after German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Warsaw needs to clarify allegations that Polish consulates in Africa and Asia sold temporary work visas to migrants for thousands of dol Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month at the AFI Latin American Film Festival in Silver Spring 09/25/2023 12:54pm • One of the best ways to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month is right in Silver Spring, Maryland. The AFI Silver Theatre is hosting the AFI Latin American Film Festival now through Oct. 11. "This is actually the 34th edition," Associate Film Programmer Josh Gardner told WTOP. "It actually pr AP Top 25 Reality Check: The top tier of teams in poll widens as points gap between them shrinks 09/25/2023 11:05am • The top tier of The Associated Press college football poll is getting crowded. Georgia remains a clear No. 1 in the AP Top 25. The two-time defending national champions have not budged since last season, a streak of 15 straight polls. The Bulldogs received 55 first-place votes this week. Five other Thailand receives the first Chinese visitors under a new visa-free policy to boost tourism 09/25/2023 05:51am • BANGKOK (AP) — Top Thai officials welcomed hundreds of Chinese tourists at Bangkok’s international airport on Monday, the first day of a new visa-free entry program that officials say will boost the country's tourism industry that was badly damaged by the coronavirus pandemic. Prime Minister Sre Why the US job market has defied rising interest rates and expectations of high unemployment 09/25/2023 05:01am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Last year's spike in inflation, to the highest level in four decades, was painful enough for American households. Yet the cure — much higher interest rates, to cool spending and hiring — was expected to bring even more pain. Grim forecasts from economists had predicted that This week in business: consumer confidence, inflation updates 09/25/2023 03:10am • Checking confidence? The Conference Board on Tuesday releases its gauge of consumer confidence for September. Economists project that confidence fell slightly this month. The Conference Board's consumer confidence index surged in July to 114, its highest level in 24 months and has generally been str Raiders quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo checked for concussion after loss to Steelers 09/25/2023 12:50am • LAS VEGAS (AP) — Raiders quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo was evaluated for a concussion after Las Vegas' 23-18 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday night. When Garoppolo was injured wasn't clear because news of the concussion was announced after coach Josh McDaniels' post-game news conference. Ho